Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-16 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Pietro Cerutti wrote: On 12/13/05, Chris Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A way to use your current machine for both operating systems without dual booting is to install a second hard disk, install FreeBSD and select which to boot from in the bios. It's a slight faff changing boot disk but

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-12 Thread Beecher Rintoul
On Monday 12 December 2005 02:19 pm, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Matt S. Gann wrote: > > I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into > > UNIX. I know a few line commands, > > but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have > been intrugued by FreeB

RE: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-12 Thread Gayn Winters
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Pietro Cerutti > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 3:56 PM > To: Chris Whitehouse; FreeBSD > Subject: Re: FreeBSD starter machine > > > On 12/13/05, Chris Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A way to u

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-12 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > On 12/13/05, Chris Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A way to use your current machine for both operating systems without > > dual booting is to install a second hard disk, install FreeBSD and > > select which to boot from in the bios. It's a slight faff changing boot > > disk but

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-12 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 12/13/05, Chris Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A way to use your current machine for both operating systems without > dual booting is to install a second hard disk, install FreeBSD and > select which to boot from in the bios. It's a slight faff changing boot > disk but works fine and

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-12 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Matt S. Gann wrote: I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for many years now, but I own a windows-based PC and am not keen about

Re: FW: RE: FreeBSD starter machine...

2005-12-12 Thread Svein Halvor Halvorsen
> In the past I've run 4.6 on a P1 133mhz with 64MB RAM and a 3GB disk. More > recently I was running 5.3 on a Thinkpad 600e PII 333mhz with 160MB RAM and > 2GB slice within the disk (until the hardware died). Although the OS ran fine > on both of these there are limitations. You'd probably need

FW: RE: FreeBSD starter machine...

2005-12-12 Thread Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD
>Message: 16 >Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:07:44 -0800 (PST) >From: "Matt S. Gann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: FreeBSD starter machine >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1. >

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-11 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:07:44 -0800 (PST) "Matt S. Gann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get > into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get > familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by > FreeBSD for

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-11 Thread Robert Huff
Chris Hill writes: > Here's a thought: Since it's the holiday season, many retailers > are offering deals on new computers. If your current Win* box is > a few years old, how about upgrading to a new machine? Or find a friend who's upgrading, and offer them a reasonable price for thei

RE: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-11 Thread Gayn Winters
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt S. Gann > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:08 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: FreeBSD starter machine > > I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning > to get into UNIX. I know a few line

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-11 Thread Chris Hill
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Matt S. Gann wrote: I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for many years now, but I own a windows-based PC and

FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-11 Thread Matt S. Gann
I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for many years now, but I own a windows-based PC and am not keen about running dual OS's. I